Zeroth law: You must play the game First law: You can't win Second law: You can't break even … - C.P. Snow

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I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.

C.P. Snow

Zeroth law: You must play the game First law: You can't win Second law: You can't break even Third law: You can't quit the game.

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